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508 BC
 
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Cleisthenes, brought to power by popular support, puts into effect a major programme of political reform in Athens      
487 BC
 
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Ostracism is introduced in Athens as a way of getting rid of unpopular politicians      
462 BC
 
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With the army away, Pericles introduces full democracy for all Athenian citizens, enabling them to vote and participate in the administration of the state       
139 BC
 
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A secret ballot is instituted for Roman citizens, who mark their vote on a tablet and place it in an urn      
726
 
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The Venetians for the first time elect their own doge, acting independently of the Byzantine governor in Ravenna      
c. 850
 
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Communal gatherings, the thing and the larger althing, are the distant origins of Scandivian parliaments